2. CARING IS CREEPY BY DAVID ZIMMERMAN
Fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie Sugrue
is doing her best to make it through
a difficult summer. Lynn suspects
that her mother’s pill-popping
boyfriend has enlisted her in his
petty criminal enterprises. Lynn
finds refuge in online flirtations,
eventually meeting up with a
troubled young soldier, Logan Loy,
and inviting him home. When he’s
forced to stay over in a storage space
accessible through her closet, and
the Army subsequently lists him as
AWOL, she realizes that he’s the one
thing in her life that she can control.
Meanwhile, her mother’s boyfriend
is on the receiving end of a series of
increasingly violent threats, which
places Lynn squarely in the cross-
hairs.
3. Rory has been told
that she is a ―third-
generation bastard
surely on the road
to whoredom,‖ but
she’s determined to
prove the county
and her family
wrong.
GIRLCHILD BY TUPELO HASSMAN
Brash, vulnerable,
wise, and
terrified, she
struggles with her
mother’s habit of
trusting the
wrong men, and
the mixed
blessing of being
too smart for her
own good.
4. Nearly 150 images in this
book were made over 5
years of visiting 1,000+
youth confined in juvenile
detention institutions in 31
states.
These riveting
photographs, accompanied
by the life stories that these
young people in custody
shared with Ross, give
voice to imprisoned
children from families that
have no resources in
communities that have no
power.
JUVENILE IN JUSTICE
BY RICHARD ROSS
5. The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon into
a new gig working the night shift at Mr.
Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But Clay begins to
realize that this store is even more curious than the
name suggests. There are only a few customers, but
they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually
buy anything, instead ―checking out‖ impossibly
obscure volumes from strange corners of the store.
The store must be a front for something larger,
Clay concludes, and soon he’s roped his friends
into helping to figure out just what’s going on. But
once they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, it
turns out the secrets extend far outside the walls of
the bookstore.
MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR
BOOKSTORE
BY ROBIN SLOAN
6. MY FRIEND DAHMER BY DERF BACKDERF
You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most
notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into the
American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who
committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more
complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms,
hallways, and car rides.
In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original
graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a
surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed
young man struggling against the morbid urges
emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche—
a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who
never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound
insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few
ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.
7. ―Friday Night Lights‖ meets
―Hoosiers‖ and ―Dead Poet’s
Society‖ in this inspirational
story about an unlikely coach
who leads a high-school baseball
team and their small Illinois
town to a season they’ll never
forget.
ONE SHOT AT FOREVER: A
SMALL TOWN, AN UNLIKELY
COACH, AND A MAGICAL
BASEBALL SEASON BY CHRIS
BALLARD
8. PURE BY JULIANNA BAGGOTT
There are those who escaped
the apocalypse unmarked:
Pures. They are tucked safely
inside the Dome that protects
their healthy, superior bodies.
Yet Partridge, whose father is
one of the most influential men
in the Dome,
feels isolated and lonely.
Or maybe
it's his claustrophobia: his
feeling that this Dome has
become a swaddling of
intensely rigid order.
So when a slipped phrase
suggests his mother might still
be alive, Partridge risks his life
to leave the Dome to find her.
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations
or much about life during the Before. In
her sleeping cabinet she thinks about how
much she lost. How much the world
Has changed.
And now, at an age
when everyone is required to
turn themselves over to the
militia to either be trained as a
soldier or, if they are too
damaged and weak, to be used
as live targets, Pressia can no
longer pretend to be small.
Pressia is on the run.
9. One of the most revered
novelists of our time—a
brilliant chronicler of Native-
American life—Erdich returns
to the territory of her best
selling, Pulitzer Prize finalist
―The Plague of Doves‖ with a
story that transports readers
to the Ojibwe reservation in
North Dakota.
THE ROUND HOUSE
BY LOUISE ERDICH
10. There’s only one person who has
ever truly understood 14-year–old
June, and that’s her uncle, painter
Finn Weiss. So when he dies, far
too young, of a mysterious illness
her mother can barely speak about,
June’s world is turned upside
down. His sudden death brings a
surprise acquaintance into June’s
life– who will make her question
and help her heal, and to question
what she thinks she knows about
Finn, her family, and even her own
heart.
TELL THE WOLVES I’M HOME
BY CAROL RIFKA BRUNT
11. Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her
Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly
opinionated partner; to fellow private-
school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace;
to design mavens, she's a revolutionary
architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a
best friend and, simply, Mom.
WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE
BY MARIA SEMPLE
Then Bernadette disappears. To find
her mother, Bee compiles email
messages, official documents, secret
correspondence--creating a
compulsively readable and touching
novel about misplaced genius and a
mother and daughter's role in an
absurd world.
13. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
BY TODD BURPO
When four year old Colton
Burpo made it through an
emergency appendectomy,
his family was overjoyed at
his miraculous survival. What
they weren't expecting,
though, was the story that
emerged in the months that
followed-a story as beautiful
as it was extraordinary,
detailing their little boy's trip
to heaven and back.
14. FIRE BY KRISTIN CASHORE
In King City, the young King Nash is
clinging to the throne, while rebel
lords in the north and south build
armies to unseat him. War is
coming. This is where Fire lives, a girl
whose beauty is impossibly
irresistible and who can control the
minds of everyone around her.
Exquisitely romantic, this companion
to Graceling has an entirely new
cast of characters.
Also by Kristin Cashore
15. STOLEN BY LUCY CRISTOPHER
Gemma, 16, is on layover at
Bangkok Airport, en route with
her parents to a vacation in
Vietnam. She steps away for just
a second, to get a cup of
coffee. Before Gemma knows
what's happening, Gemma has
been kidnapped by her stalker
and brought to the desolate
Australian Outback. STOLEN is
her gripping story of survival, of
how she has to come to terms
with her living nightmare--or die
trying to fight it.
16. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
There was a curse. There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the
small Southern town of Gatlin has ever
seen, and she's struggling to conceal
her power, and a curse that has
haunted her family for generations. But
even within the overgrown gardens,
murky swamps and crumbling
graveyards of the forgotten South, a
secret cannot stay hidden forever.
BY KAMI GARCIA
Read more…
17. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Despite the tumor-shrinking
medical miracle that has
bought her a few years,
Hazel has never been
anything but terminal, her
final chapter inscribed upon
diagnosis. But when a
gorgeous plot twist named
Augustus Waters suddenly
appears at Cancer Kid
Support Group, Hazel's story
is about to be completely
rewritten.
BY JOHN GREEN
Also by John Green
18. DEPARTMENT NINETEEN
Jamie Carpenter's life will never be the
same. His father is dead, his mother is
missing, and he was just rescued by an
enormous man named Frankenstein. Jamie
is brought to Department 19, where he is
pulled into a secret organization responsible
for policing the supernatural, founded more
than a century ago by Abraham Van
Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula.
Aided by Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful
vampire girl with her own agenda, and the
members of the agency, Jamie must
attempt to save his mother from a
terrifyingly powerful vampire.
BY Will Hill
…The story continues…
19. WHAT THE NIGHT KNOWS
BY DEAN KOONTZ
A long time ago Alton Turner Blackwood
brutally murdered four families. His savage
spree ended only when he was killed by
the last survivor of the last family, a
fourteen-year-old boy. Half a continent
away and two decades later, someone is
murdering families again. Homicide
detective John Calvino is certain that his
wife and three children will be targets in
the fourth crime, just as his parents and
sisters were victims on that distant night
when he was fourteen and killed their
slayer.
20. SING YOU HOME
A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's
marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns
to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a
female school counselor, Vanessa.
Max finds help for his drinking
problem through his brother's
church– one that ―fights the
homosexual agenda.‖ When
Vanessa and Zoe get married and
want to have children, Zoe goes to
Max to get permission to release the
embryos to her. However, Max's new
found religious fervor leads him to
sue Zoe for custody.
BY JODI PICOULT
21. THE PREGNANCY PROJECT: A MEMOIR
BY GABY RODRIGUEZ
Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez
was often told she would end up
a teen mom. But she wondered:
how would she be treated if she
"lived down" to others '
expectations? In this true story
Gaby details how she was able
to fake her own pregnancy and
reveals all that she learned from
the experience.
22. DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-
old Beatrice Prior must choose
among five predetermined
factions to define her identity for
the rest of her life, a decision
made more difficult when she
discovers that she is an anomaly
who does not fit into any one
group, and that the society she
lives in is not perfect after all.
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who do
…The story continues…
23. THE LYING GAME BY SARA SHEPARD
Emma's desperate to know what
happened to her long-lost twin
Sutton. And the only way to figure it
out is to slip into Sutton’s life and
piece it all together. But can she
laugh at inside jokes? Convince
Sutton’s boyfriend she's the girl he
fell in love with? And can she keep
up the charade even after she
realizes Sutton’s murderer is
watching her every move?
(Also an ABC television Show)
24. SACRED ACRE: THE ED THOMAS
STORY BY MARK TABB
After the citizens of Parkersburg,
Iowa, survive a F-5 tornado that
nearly destroys their entire
town, they are stunned by the
murder of their beloved football
coach, Ed Thomas, at the
hands of a former player.
What happens next in this
incredible true story provides a
lesson in grace and forgiveness
that Inspired the entire country.
26. In a futuristic world, Spinsters
are women with the power to
weave everything into form,
whether it be food, buildings, or
peoples’ very lives. Adelice
Lewys has this talent, and she is
whisked away into a world of
luxury and elegance because
of it. Although it is often
advertised as the perfect life--
things are never how they
seem.
27. Of Poseidon
by Anna Banks
When Emma’s best friend dies
in a shark attack, she learns
that she doesn’t belong in this
world. She belongs
underwater. Galen, the prince
of the Syrena, must learn why
Emma seems to not quite fit
with either world at all. As the
relationship between the two
develops they are faced with
difficult decisions between
duty and desire that could
lead to a huge change of
Syrena history.
28. Underworld by Meg Cabot
Pierce Oliviera has been
kidnapped, again, by John
Hayden, the ruler of the
Underworld. But, this time she
can’t escape, and when she gets
a video on her phone predicting
her cousin, Alex’s, death, Pierce
panics and begs John for help.
She will do anything if only he will
help her cousin out, including stay
with him forever in the
Underworld.
29. Bitterblue
by Kristin Cashore
When her evil father King Leck
dies, Bitterblue is made queen of a
kingdom she knows nothing
about. As she struggles to come to
terms with both who she is and the
legacy her father left on the city,
Bitterblue tries to discover the
secrets of her father’s crimes by
walking the streets of her own city
in disguise. Filled with struggle,
suspense and surprises, will she be
able to turn her kingdom into a
better place?
30. Poison Princess
by Kresley Cole
What really happens at the end
of the world? Cannibals,
Baggers, people try to sell you –
and in this world, 16-yr-old Evie
sets out on a quest to find
herself, while things heat up
between her and Jackson, the
troubled bad boy from across
the tracks. As she comes to
realize that she isn’t like other
people it seems Jackson is the
only one that can help her
survive.
31. Skinny by Donna Cooner
Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These
are the words of Skinny, the vicious
voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old
Ever Davies's head. Ever knows she
weighs over three hundred pounds,
Skinny makes sure she never forgets it.
With the support of her best friend,
Ever begins the uphill battle toward
change. But demons, she finds, are
not so easy to shake, not even as she
sheds pounds. Because Skinny is still
around. And Ever will have to confront
that voice before she can truly find her
own.
32. Kill Me Softly
by Sarah Cross
After being raised her whole life by
her fairy godmothers, Mirabelle runs
away to the town where they said
her parents died. But when she gets
there, she starts to notice that this
isn’t any ordinary town and the
teens that live here are fated to
play out the Grimm’s fairy tales. So
when Mira finds out that she, too,
has a role to play, it’s only a matter
of time before her story could lose
its happy ending.
33. Croak
by Gina Damico
Shipped off by her parents, Lex
learns her Uncle Mort’s true
occupation is not what her parents
thought it was. He’s a Grim Reaper.
And he’s going to teach Lex the
family business.
She quickly assimilates into the world
of Croak, a town populated by
reapers who deliver souls from this
life to the next. But Lex can’t stop
her desire for justice whenever she
encounters a murder victim. Will she
ditch Croak and go rogue with her
reaper skills?
34. The Hunt
by Andrew Fukuda
For as long as he can remember,
Gene’s father has always taught
him how to keep a low profile.
Gene is human and each day is a
battle to keep his secret locked
away or be devoured by the
vampires around him. When he is
chosen for the once in a lifetime
opportunity to hunt the last few
remaining humans, he is thrust into
the fight of his life and into the orbit
of a girl who has a few secrets of
her own.
35. 172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad
When NASA holds a world-wide
contest for returning to the moon,
no one– not even the three
teenage participants – can
fathom what is really in store for
them up on the airless, empty gray
mass. Or is it truly empty…?
Unbeknownst to them, what they
find up there will change not only
their lives, but the lives of everyone
on Earth.
36. Seraophina
by Rachel Hartman
Dragons and humans have
finally achieved peace, and
the anniversary celebration is
fast approaching. For
Seraphina Dombegh who is
half dragon and half human,
life is about blending in.
However, a series of events
will place her in the path of
the Prince Lucian, Captain of
the Queen’s Guard, and a
hunt for a killer determined to
start a war.
37. Wake by Amanda Hocking
Three sisters with mysterious
powers, Penn, Lexi and Thea,
invite ordinary Gemma to join
their exclusive circle, and it
changes her in ways she never
imagined. As she uncovers the
truth, she is forced to choose
between staying with those she
loves—or entering a new world
brimming with dark hungers and
unimaginable secrets.
38. Tilt
by Ellen Hopkins Tilt tells the story of 3 teenagers,
all wondering about who they
are and how they fit in the
world. One struggles with a
teen pregnancy, another
deals with AIDS while the last
must overcome an abusive
relationship. As things begin to
change drastically, with them
not in control, all they can do is
hang on for the ride.
39. Enchanted
by Alethea Kontis
Sunday loves to write stories, only
they tend to come true when she
reads them out loud. So when a
frog claiming to be a cursed
human comes along, he asks her
to do two things, to read a few
stories that won’t harm anyone
and to kiss him. She knows her kiss
should restore an enchanted frog
to his true self, but what she
doesn’t know is that if she kisses
him, her life will change forever.
40. Grave Mercy
by Robin LaFevers
Seventeen-year-old Ismae
escapes from the brutality of
an arranged marriage to the
respite of the convent of St.
Mortain. Here she learns that
the god of Death has blessed
her with dangerous gifts and
a violent destiny. To claim her
new life, she must destroy the
lives of others. But how can
she deliver Death’s
vengeance upon a target
who has stolen her heart?
41. Butter
by Erin Jade Lange
A lonely obese boy everyone calls
"Butter" is going to eat himself to
death-live on the Internet-and
everyone is invited to watch. He
doesn’t expect morbid cheerleaders
rallying around his deadly plan. Yet
as their dark encouragement grows,
it begins to feel a lot like popularity.
But what happens when Butter
reaches his suicide deadline? Can he
live with the fallout if he doesn't go
through with his plans?
42. Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne
Fourteen kids. One superstore. A
million things that go wrong.
Six high school kids, two eighth
graders, and six little kids trapped
together in a chain superstore build
a refuge for themselves inside. While
outside, a series of escalating
disasters, beginning with a monster
hailstorm and ending with a
chemical weapons spill, seems to
be tearing the world—as they know
it—apart.
43. Every Day
by David Levithan
Every day a different body. Every
day a different life.
There’s never any warning about
where or who it will be. Never get
too attached. Avoid being
noticed. Do not interfere.
It’s all fine until the morning that A
wakes up in the body of Justin and
meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon.
From that moment, the rules by
which A has been living no longer
apply. Because finally A has found
someone that A wants to be with—
day in, day out, day after day.
44. Sonby Lois Lowry
When Claire washed up on their
shore, no one knew that she
came from a society where
emotions and colors didn’t exist.
That she had become a Vessel at
age thirteen. That she had carried
a Product at age fourteen. That it
had been stolen from her body.
She was supposed to forget him,
but that was impossible. Now
Claire will stop at nothing to find
her child, even if it means making
an unimaginable sacrifice.
45. I Hunt Killers
by Barry Lyga
Jazz is a likable teenager.
But he's also the son of the world's
most infamous serial killer.
And now, even though Dad has
been in jail for years, bodies are
piling up in the sleepy town of
Lobo's Nod. Again.
In an effort to prove murder doesn't
run in the family, Jazz joins the
police in the hunt for this new serial
killer. But Jazz has a secret--could
he be more like his father than
anyone knows?
46. Pushing the Limits
by Katie McGarry
No one knows what happened that
night. Even Echo can't remember
the whole truth.
But when Noah Hutchins explodes
into her life with his surprising
understanding, Echo's world shifts in
ways she could never have
imagined.
They should have nothing in
common.
Yet the crazy attraction between
them refuses to go away.
47. The False Prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Choose to lie...or choose to die.
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is
brewing. To unify the divided people,
a cunning plan is hatched to create a
―long lost prince‖ and install him as a
puppet. Four orphans are recruited to
compete for the role, including a
defiant boy named Sage. Conner's
motives are more than questionable,
yet Sage must be chosen to play the
prince or he will certainly be killed. But
Sage's rivals have their own agendas
as well.
48. Between the Lines
by Jodi Picoult
Delilah is a lonely, straight-A
student who is shunned by nearly
everyone at her school except for
her punk best friend, Jules. Her
mother pushes her to get out
more. Her father left her and
never visits. It’s no wonder she’d
rather spend her days reading.
She finds a fairy tale that she
can’t stop reading and falls in
love with the prince of the story.
Too bad he’s not real… or is he?
49. Falling Kingdoms
by Morgan Rhodes
War is brewing and unrest is
wide spread. The breaking
point is a single incident in
the dying nation of Paelsia.
While three kingdoms battle
for power, four young people
find themselves greatly
affected by it as they
experience things like
betrayal and war.
50. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Tris's initiation day should have been
marked by celebration; instead, the
day ended with unspeakable
horrors. War now looms as conflict
between the factions grows.
Transformed by her own decisions
but also by haunting grief and guilt,
radical new discoveries, and shifting
relationships, Tris must fully embrace
her Divergence, even if she does not
know what she may lose by doing
so.
51. Immortal City
by Scott Speer
The Immortal City, where
guardian angels only protect
the richest people and it’s the
hottest, trendiest thing to be
an angel. Maddy doesn’t
quite understand what all the
hype is about, but when
Jacks- the most desired one-
asks her for help, she finds out
more than she ever expected
possible.
52. The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
Every year, Blue stands next to her
clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be
dead walk past. Blue herself never sees
them-not until this year, when a boy
emerges from the dark and speaks
directly to her.
His name is Gansey, a rich student at
Aglionby. Known as Raven Boys, they
can only mean trouble. But Blue is
drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't
entirely explain, while he is on a quest
that has encompassed three other
Raven Boys.
53. Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
When "Verity" is arrested by the
Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't
stand a chance. Her Nazi
interrogators give her a simple
choice: reveal her mission or
face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her
confession, Verity uncovers a
tale of powerful friendship. But
will trading her secrets be
enough to save her from the
enemy?
55. CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare
Iowa Teen Award Books
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's
older brother suddenly vanishes, her search
for him leads her into Victorian-era
London's dangerous supernatural
underworld, she must learn to trust the
demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever
wants to learn to control her powers and
find her brother.
The Story Continues…
More by
Cassandra Clare
56. Iowa Teen Award Books
THE ROAR by Emma Clayton
Mika lives in future London, behind
The Wall: it was built to keep out the
animals, because animals carry the
plague. Or so Mika's been told. When a
mysterious organization starts
recruiting mutant kids to compete in
violent virtual reality games, Mika takes
the chance to search for his twin sister-
-and the truth.
57. Iowa Teen Award Books
WILD LIFE by Cynthia DeFelice
Cassandra Clare
When his parents are
deployed to Iraq, Erik is
shipped off to North
Dakota to live with
grandparents he barely
knows.
Erik rescues a dog that’s
been stuck by a porcupine
and decides to run away,
taking the dog and a
shotgun, certain that they
can make it on their own
out on the prairie.
More by Cynthia
DeFelice
58. WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE
by Sarah Dessen
Iowa Teen Award Books
Following her parents' bitter divorce as
she and her father move from town to
town, seventeen-year-old Mclean
reinvents herself at each school she
attends until she is no longer sure she
knows who she is or where she
belongs.
More by Sarah
Dessen
59. MICHAEL VEY:
THE PRISONER OF CELL 25
by Richard
Paul Evans
Michael, Taylor and Ostin, set out to
discover how Michael and Taylor
ended up with their electric powers,
and their investigation soon brings
them to the attention of a powerful
group who wants to control the
electric teens--and through them,
the world.
Iowa Teen Award Books
60. Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana,
is spending a year at a London
boarding school when she
witnesses a murder by a Jack
the Ripper copycat and
becomes involved with the very
unusual investigation.
More by
Maureen Johnson
The Story Continues…
THE NAME OF THE STAR
Iowa Teen Award Books
by Maureen Johnson
61. A SPY IN THE HOUSE by Y.S. Lee
Iowa Teen Award Books
Sentenced as a thief at the age of
twelve, Mary is rescued from the
gallows by a woman posing as a
prison warden. In her new home,
Mary acquires a singular
education, fine manners, and a
surprising opportunity. The school
is a cover for the Agency - an elite,
top secret corps of female
investigators with a reputation for
results — and at seventeen,
Mary’s about to join their ranks.
62. Iowa Teen Award Books
LEGEND by Marie Lu
In a dark future,
when North America
has split into two
warring nations,
June, a fifteen-year-
old military prodigy,
is hunting Day, the
outlaw she believes
is responsible for her
brother’s death.
What will happen
when the two meet
and discover the
government is
corrupt?
The Story Continues…
63. Iowa Teen Award Books
CINDER by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the
overcrowded Earth, observed by a
ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a
gifted mechanic and cyborg,
becomes involved with handsome
Prince Kai and must uncover
secrets about her past in order to
protect the world in this futuristic
take on the Cinderella story.
The Story Continues…
64. THIS DARK ENDEAVOR by Kenneth Oppel
Iowa Teen Award Books
In this prequel to “Frankenstein,” Victor
Frankenstein is on a dark quest to save his
twin’s life. With help from his best friend,
Henry, and his lovely cousin, Elizabeth, the
three go on a quest to concoct the
mythical Elixir of Life. How far is he willing
to go to save his twin?
The Story Continues…
More by Kenneth
Oppel
65. Iowa Teen Award Books
CRAZY by Han Nolan
Fifteen-year-old loner Jason
struggles to hide his father's
declining mental condition after his
mother's death, but when his
father disappears he must confide
in the other members of a therapy
group he has been forced to join at
school.
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Nolan
66. Iowa Teen Award Books
WONDER by R.J. PalacioCassandra
Clare
When ten-year-old Auggie
Pullman, born with extreme facial
abnormalities and not expected to
survive, goes from being home-
schooled to entering fifth grade at
a private middle school in
Manhattan, he experiences the
taunting and fear of his classmates
as he struggles to be seen as just
another student.
67. Also as a
Graphic Novel
THE RED PYRAMID by Rick Riordan
Iowa Teen Award Books
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Riordan
After their father's research experiment at
the British Museum unleashes the
Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane
embark on a dangerous journey across the
globe--a quest which brings them ever
closer to the truth about their family, and
their links to a secret order that has
existed since the time of the pharaohs.
The Story Continues…
68. BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta
Sepetys
In 1941, 15-yr-old Lina, her mother,
and brother are pulled from their
Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and
sent to Siberia, where her father is
sentenced to death in a prison camp
while she fights for her life, vowing to
honor her family and the thousands
like hers by burying her story in a jar
on Lithuanian soil. Based on the
author’s family, includes a historical
note.
Iowa Teen Award Books
69. Iowa Teen Award Books
BRUISER by Neal Shusterman
When 16-yr-old Brontë begins dating a
troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly
nicknamed Bruiser, her twin Tennyson
doesn’t like it. But there’s a reason Bruiser
can’t have friends, because when he cares
about you things start to happen.
Impossible things that can’t be explained.
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Shusterman